Linux Mint on Thinkpad x1 Carbon Gen 6

Dec 18, 2020

5 minute read

After futzing around with the x230 over the years, I finally decided it was time for an upgrade. I found a great deal on this X1C6 on reddit and decided to pull the trigger. Everything went smooth, but shipping took forever as the world was in the middle of a pandemic and the machine had to be shipped out of Canada.

So far I’m really happy with this machine! I’ll update this page as I make changes or workaround issues.

System Info

Here is my linux-hardware.org hardware probe

$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-80-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Gnome 3.36.9 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
           base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20KGS2B104 v: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20KGS2B104 v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: N23ET76P (1.51 ) date: 04/21/2021 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 50.7 Wh condition: 50.7/57.0 Wh (89%) model: SMP 01AV431 status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8650U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 33599 
           Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700 4: 700 5: 700 6: 700 7: 700 8: 700 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 5120x1440~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
           Device-2: ARC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 1-3.3:15 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-80-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 
           IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 02:00.0 
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: br-d63bbc3f157d state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-2: br-e3764d08e9d9 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-3: br-f9a0b64a0286 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-4: docker0 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-5: veth3fb99d3 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-6: vethae3b9e1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 190.56 GiB (40.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Lenovo model: LENSE30512GMSP34MEAT3TA size: 476.94 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 108.38 GiB used: 95.25 GiB (87.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:      Processes: 283 Uptime: 1h 08m Memory: 15.39 GiB used: 3.36 GiB (21.9%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 9.3.0 clang: 10.0.0-4ubuntu1 Shell: zsh v: 5.8 inxi: 3.0.38

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 08)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Active Management Technology - SOL (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point LPC Controller/eSPI Controller (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (4) I219-LM (rev 21)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Lenovo Device 0006
05:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
06:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
06:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
06:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
06:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
07:00.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 NHI (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)
3b:00.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation JHL6540 Thunderbolt 3 USB Controller (C step) [Alpine Ridge 4C 2016] (rev 02)